Elizabeth Spriggs
1929–2008 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Elizabeth Jean Spriggs -Manson (née Williams) was an English character actress. Her roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude in Hamlet and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's Love Letters on Blue Paper. Her best known role in film was as Mrs. Jennings in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Richard's Things (1980), Impromptu (1991), Paradise Road (1997) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
Born 18 Sep 1929 · Died 2 Jul 2008
Acted in 24
Love Soup
2005
Penny's Mother (voice)
A Christmas Carol
1999
Mrs. Riggs
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Duchess
Wives and Daughters
1999
Mrs Goodenough
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Perepiolkina
Paradise Road
1997
Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent
1996
Winnie's Mother
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Mrs. Jennings
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Grandma
Middlemarch
1994
Mrs. Cadwallader
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
Mrs Gamp
Impromptu
1991
Baroness Laginsky
